Discovery Bay is an open
oceanic embayment lying along the coast of eastern
South Australia
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and western
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
in south-eastern
Australia
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.
Location and features
Facing the
Southern Ocean
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, Discovery Bay extends approximately from
Cape Northumberland
Cape Northumberland is a headland in the southeast of the Australian state of South Australia. It is the southernmost point of South Australia. It is located about from the town of Port MacDonnell, 28 kilometres south southwest from the munici ...
, near
Port MacDonnell, South Australia in the northwest, to
Cape Bridgewater
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Cape Bridgewater is a locality in the Australian state of Victoria located on the western shore of Bridgewater Bay about south-west of Portland and about west of Melbourne.
The area was settled in the 1860s by the Henty family who ...
in the southeast, west of
Portland
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* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
in western Victoria.
Cape Northumberland is the southernmost point of mainland South Australia. The
Glenelg River is the principal inflow and enters the bay near the town of
Nelson
Nelson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
.
The bay was named by explorer
Thomas Mitchell when he came down the river on 20 August 1836.
The South Australian section of the bay's coastline is protected by the
Lower South East Marine Park while the Victorian section of the coast is protected in the
Discovery Bay Coastal Park. The waters at the eastern end of the bay, adjacent to Cape Bridgewater, are protected by the
Discovery Bay Marine National Park.
See also
*
Discovery Bay (disambiguation)
*
Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park
References
External links
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Bays of South Australia
Bays of Victoria (Australia)
Limestone Coast
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